Rohtak : Haryana police busted a gang of two companies ‘PCL’ and ‘Money Earn 24’ allegedly involved in fraud in the name of making money online sitting at home. They used to get people to register on their website of these two companies being run on line by Johnny and Rohit, both residents of Rohtak, having one office at Sheela Bypass in Rohtak while the other office was in Patna, Bihar. Initially, people were charged a registration fee of Rs 5000 by the company on the websites of these two companies. For this, the person had to upload his identity card like Aadhaar card, ration card etc. along with other information on the company’s website. After this, the person had to fill the captcha given on the company’s website. A person could fill only 90 captchas in a day with one ID website for a sum of 1000 rupees and then entice them to earn money by filling captcha on the company’s website. Profits were being made in dollars by selling captcha filled by the company to foreign companies.
The Haryana Police along with the cyber team of the Ministry of Home Affairs arrested three people during a raid in Rohtak on Friday which lasted for 10 hours, and revealed the fraud of nearly 18 crore rupees committed by the companies company targeting over 35,000 people from the website in which it was revealed that logos were lured to earn money sitting at home, by registering in the company, creating captcha and the data of that captcha to foreign companies, from where rupees were returned to the company in foreign currency and one could earn 2700 rupees from this in a month sitting at home. Investigation revealed that nearly 35,000 people had invested through the company’s website, from which an amount of 18 crore rupees had been taken into the private accounts of the company and its directors. The investigation revealed that these websites were also being promoted by the company through social media platforms like X, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram. The channel run by the company had nearly 12,000 subscribers.
Haryana police had prepared a team led by Additional Director General of Cyber Police Mamta Singh, as per the instructions of Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor in which a team member registered himself on the company’s website together with the Ministry of Home Affairs worked together when companies office in Rohtak was raided on last Friday under the leadership of DSP Cyber Nodal Police Panchkula and arrested the owner of the both companies and seized company’s documents, several bank’s check books, a laptop, QR code, server and computer and recovered a revolver from the spot. The three accused were produced in the court on Monday which remanded all to police custody for further investigation. SP Cyber Amit Dahiya said that the accused in this case will be taken to Patna and Udaipur on police remand. He appealed to the public and said that those who have invested money through these companies should contact the Cyber Nodal Police Panchkula police station so that the victims can be helped to get their money refunded.
Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapur made an appeal to those who wish to make quick money in less time should beware of online platforms, even the slightest carelessness of a person can wipe out his or her lifetime savings. He warned the public and said that while using any online platform, they should check it properly otherwise they may become victims of cyber fraud. People should contact cyber helpline number 1930 in case of cyber fraud or suspicion of it. The preliminary investigation revealed that both the companies were luring people with the promise of high return from home after paying a registration fee of Rs 5,000. A person registered would then be given a task to get three other persons registered and get their profit. The owners of these companies paid some money to those who invested less and duped people who invested in lakhs. Nearly 1.40 lakh people had registered themselves with these companies, a police spokesman added that the money from the company’s payment gateway was sent to Udaipur and Patna. Information revealed that the channel run by the company also has 12,000 subscribers. A thorough investigation is being conducted to find out the involvement of other accused and to take action against them.
